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Greg Berlanti lets out his inner fanboy
Album review: The Corin Tucker Band's '1,000 Years'
On the Media: Onetime TV consumer watchdogs now ply their trade elsewhere
Andrew Garfield's 'Spider-Man' finds his Gwen Stacy
Album review: Toby Keith's 'Bullets in the Gun'
Mel Gibson's ex-girlfriend thought actor might kill her during fight, denies leaking tapes
Album review: Fistful of Mercy's 'As I Call You Down'
Classic Hollywood: Marlo Thomas reminisces on a life of laughter
Mea culpa! Rick Sanchez apologizes to Jon Stewart

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The writer-producer is behind the superhero-themed 'No Ordinary Family' on ABC as well as a co-writer of the upcoming 'Green Lantern' feature film. No surprise: He read comics as a kid.

The writer-producer is behind the superhero-themed 'No Ordinary Family' on ABC as well as a co-writer of the upcoming 'Green Lantern' feature film. No surprise: He read comics as a kid.

Album review: The Corin Tucker Band's '1,000 Years'

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 07:16 PM PDT

Like the comma in the numeral that begins its title, the debut album by the Corin Tucker Band has a calm, deliberate quality.

Like the comma in the numeral that begins its title, the debut album by the Corin Tucker Band has a calm, deliberate quality.

On the Media: Onetime TV consumer watchdogs now ply their trade elsewhere

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT

David Horowitz, Alan Mendelson and Judd McIlvain fight to build even modest audiences nowadays.

David Horowitz was so big in the 1970s and '80s that he appeared regularly on the "Today" show and "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson. Carson satirized the super-earnest consumer watchdog as "David Howitzer, Consumer Supporter."

Andrew Garfield's 'Spider-Man' finds his Gwen Stacy

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 04:11 PM PDT

It's official: Actress Emma Stone has landed the role of Gwen Stacy opposite Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker in Marc Webb's new "Spider-Man" reboot due out in 2012.

Album review: Toby Keith's 'Bullets in the Gun'

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 07:00 PM PDT

Toby Keith has a genuine gift for writing blue-collar scenarios full of imagery that's ready-made for music videos.

Toby Keith has a genuine gift for writing blue-collar scenarios full of imagery that's ready-made for music videos.

Mel Gibson's ex-girlfriend thought actor might kill her during fight, denies leaking tapes

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 08:07 AM PDT

Mel Gibson's ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva (gree-GOR'-yeh-vuh) says she feared for her life and thought the Academy Award winner might kill her during a fight earlier this year.

Album review: Fistful of Mercy's 'As I Call You Down'

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 06:48 PM PDT

Most of the tracks on "As I Call You Down" seem made for dewy, slow-to-rise mornings.

Most of the tracks on "As I Call You Down" seem made for dewy, slow-to-rise mornings.

Classic Hollywood: Marlo Thomas reminisces on a life of laughter

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT

In her new autobiography, 'Growing Up Laughing: My Story and the Story of Funny,' the actress recalls her father, Danny Thomas, and his comedian cronies, and interviews today's comics, including Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno and Jon Stewart.

When Marlo Thomas was a teenager, she was always crazy about some boy.